The Japanese Gold Rush of 1859
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3607519 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Mcmaster (0000-0001-5207-1642, corresponding author), John Mcmaster (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1960 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 273-287 |
| Publication date | 1960-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2943487 |
| OpenAlex | W2132400556 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 6 |
One hundred years ago the patient efforts of Townsend Harris bore fruit and on July 4, 1859, Japan opened her doors to traders from the West. It was a small beginning, for Consul Harris' treaty allowed foreigners to live and trade at only three Japanese ports; two of which, Nagasaki and Hakodate, lacked the hinterland to make them much more than coaling or victualling stations. The third port was a small fishing village of twenty or thirty huts. It was built on a mud bank, backed by an odious swamp and commanded by surrounding hills. The Japanese called the place Yokohama
Ancient history · Archaeology · Doors · Economic history · Fishing · Fur trade · Geography · Gold rush · Political science · Port (circuit theory) · Swamp · Townsend · Treaty · Engineering · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law
Reconsidering the Yokohama “Gold Rush” of 1859
The foreign threat and the opening of the ports
The Meiji Restoration
Meiji political institutions
Japan in the early nineteenth century
The Tempō crisis
Japan's turn to the west
Late Tokugawa culture and thought
Opposition movements in early Meiji, 1868–1885
Japan's drive to great-power status
Economic change in the nineteenth century
The Cambridge History of Japan
The Meiji Restoration
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1972 - 2016 (45) |
| Highly cited | No |